Dynamic pricing algorithms can no longer ingest competitor data without triggering explicit antitrust collusion.
State laws and federal investigations are stripping away traditional defenses for automated pricing, exposing companies to massive criminal and civil liability for using shared competitor-influenced models.
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The DOJ settlement with RealPage and Willow Bridge establishes that feeding non-public competitor data into shared pricing algorithms constitutes unlawful, anti-competitive coordination.
California's strict new statute explicitly treats the ingestion of competitor-influenced data by a shared pricing algorithm as an illegal, anti-competitive hub-and-spoke conspiracy.
The introduction of California AB 325 makes using common pricing algorithms that ingest competitor data an explicit antitrust violation.
The legislation outlaws the use of competitor-influenced pricing software, removing a major defense for consumer-facing enterprises.